Man arrested after landing stolen plane in Missouri

[Johnny_L.A]

Link.

Student pilot reportedly stole a plane from a flight school in Canada and flew it south while being chased by US F-16s

The suspected pilot of a plane stolen from Canada and flown into the US trailed by fighter jets was captured last night near the rural stretch of road in Missouri where he landed.

The single-engine, four-seat Cessna was intercepted by US F-16 jets over Wisconsin, where it prompted the evacuation of the state capitol in Madison, but kept flying south after the pilot failed to respond to radio calls and other signals.

Dumb ass.

The article says the Cessna 172 landed about six hours after it took off, and had had enough fuel for eight hours of flight. That’s pretty good. Typically a 172 carrys 42 gallons (40 usable, IIRC), which is about four to 4-1/2 hours of flight. I wonder if he had long-range tanks?

[Northern_Piper]

There’s already a thread in GQ about it: Stolen Canadian Aircraft in US